Should you use slang?

您是否应该使用英语语？

Hello, my name is Emma, and in today's video, I am going to talk to you about slang.

大家好，我的名字是艾玛。今天这个视频，我会告诉你关于俚语的知识。

I'm going to tell you what slang is, I'm going to teach you some examples of slang as well

我将告诉你什么是俚语，我也会提到一些俚语的例子，

as we're going to talk about why you might want to use slang and why you might not want

为什么你想要用俚语，和为什么你会不想用俚语

to use slang.

So, we're going talk about the pros and the cons of using slang.

所以，我们会学到使用俚语的好处和坏处。

Alright, so let's get started by talking about what is slang?

好吧，让我们开始说说什么是俚语

Well, it's informal language.

它是非正式的表达方式

So, this is language you do not use with your boss or in professional settings.

这种表达方式你不会对你的老板说，或在工作环境里使用

This is the type of language you might use with your friends or your - you know, other

这是一种你可能和你的朋友们或年龄和你相近的那些人使用的表达方式

people in your age group socially.

We often use slang to fit in with the group, okay, so there's different slang for different

我们经常使用俚语来合群。不同的群体有不同的俚语。

groups.

So, it's a way to show your identity with this group, and we'll give a little bit of

这是一种对他们表明你的身份的方式

我一会会给你一些关于这个的例子

- we'll, I'll give you some examples of that in a little bit of time.

Slang is vocabulary that changes a lot.

俚语有很多的变化

So, it's popular vocabulary at a certain time that quickly becomes unpopular as time moves

在某个时侯会很流行，但是随着时间的流逝就会很快过时

on.

So, slang changes.

所以呢，俚语会变化

What is popular vocabulary now is not going to be popular vocabulary in five years, okay,

现在流行的那些俚语在五年之后就不流行了，知道吗？

so that's important to remember, and we use slang to sound up to date or to sound cool,

所以要记住，我们用俚语来赶上时代，或变得酷酷的

okay?

OK？

So, a lot of younger people like to use slang, a lot of teenagers, people in their 20s, but

这也是为什么很多年轻人喜欢用俚语，很多青少年，20多岁的人，

also some older people like to use slang as well.

但是也会有一些老人喜欢说俚语

So, I'll talk about that in a bit.

关于这个等下我会讲解更多

I'm going to give you an example of some slang and how it has changed over time so you can

现在我们来看看一些俚语的例子，还有它们是如何随着时间变化的

really understand what I mean by this.

这样的话你就可以懂我刚才说过的话了

Take the word "good", okay.

比如good（好）这个词

You know, my experience was good.

造句的话就是：我的体验是好的

That picture is good.

那幅画是好的

So, there are many ways to say "good" in a slang version.

但是俚语的话就有好多方式来说“好”

So, for example, in the 1950s, in you wanted to say something was good, you could use the

比如，在1950年的时候，你如果想说某个东西是好的，你可以说

word "neat", "Oh, that's neat!" and it meant the same thing, but this was the slang version.

“neat”（整洁）。“哇，这个挺整洁的”。这是同样的意思，但是用俚语来说

Or you could use the word "nifty", "Oh, that's so nifty!"

或者你可以用“nifty”（俏皮的）这个词。“哇，这个挺俏皮的！”

People don't use those much anymore, okay?

但是现在我们已经不用这些词了，ok？

In the 1970s, we used to say the word "groovy" to mean good.

1970年的时候，我们用groovy（时髦）来表示“好”这个词

"Oh, that movie was very groovy.

“哇，那部电影非常的时髦”

Your pants are groovy."

“你的裤子挺时髦的”

In the 1980s, some people used the word "tubular".

1980年的时候,有些人会用"tubular"(管狀的)这个词

In the 1990s, sometimes people would say the word "dope", "That's so dope!".

到1990年,有些时候人们会用"dope"()这个词。"那个好"

And in 2018, some people use the word "lit" and some people use the word "Gucci".

2018年的话，有些人会用“lit”，有些人会用“gucci”（古驰）

"That's so Gucci!", okay?

“那个好古驰啊”，ok？

So, as you can see, slang changes and it's important to be aware of that because if you're

所以，就像你看到的，俚语会变化。这个特别要注意，因为如果

saying "tubular" from the 1980s and it's now 2018, people might laugh at you because it's

你在2018年说了1980年用的tubular的话，别人可能就会笑你了

old slang and, like I said, slang changes a lot.

因为那是旧的俚语。就像我说的，俚语变化很大

So, now that you know what slang is, let's look at the pros of learning slang and the

现在你知道了什么是俚语。我们就来看看学习俚语的pro(好处)

cons, or the disadvantages of learning slang.

和cons(坏处的俚语)或坏处吧

Okay, so let's talk about the cons first.

我们先说坏处

Why you don't want to use slang, or why it might be a bad idea to use slang, okay, so

为什么有些时候用俚语不好？

you'll notice I wrote the word "con" and I have a sad face, because this is why you might

你可能会发现,在cons旁白我画了一个哭脸, 因为这可能

not want to use slang.

就是你不想用俚语的原因

The first reason is, like I said, slang changes very quickly, and so it's easy to become outdated,

第一个原因是, 就像我说过的, 它们的变化很快, 所以也很容易变的过时

meaning the slang becomes old and if you don't know it, you might sound like you're - you

这就代表如果一个俚语变过时,但你不知道的话。 你可能就会

might sound like you're outdated.

被看成一个落伍的人了

So, you're not up to date with what's happening in culture, okay?

这可以说明你不知道一个文化的现状, OK?

So, you might look like, a bit behind when it comes to talking about culture.

这样在说文化的时候你看上去就有点落伍了

So, I'll give you an example.

现在我们来看一些例子

Last year, I used this slang, "Let's bounce."

去年我用了这个俚语：“让我们跳起来吧”

I said to some friends who were younger than me, you know, "Let's bounce, guys".

我对那些比我更年轻的朋友说了：“让我们跳起来吧”

Let's bounce, when I was in high school, meant "let's go, let's leave".

“让我们跳起来吧”，在我高中的时候，是“我们走吧”的意思

Everyone looked at me and laughed and they said, "What's bounce mean?" and it was because,

然后所有人都看着我笑，他们问我，“跳起来是什么意思？”

you know, there was an age difference and the slang had changed and I didn't realize

那是因为我们之间有年龄差异，这个俚语也变了，而且我没有发现

that, so everybody laughed.

所以，所有人都笑了

So, like I said, the slang I even still sometime use is not - it's not in fashion.

所以就像我说的，甚至我有时候还会用的俚语，已经不流行了

It's not popular nowadays, so you've got to be careful about that.

所以你对这方面可要小心了

Sometimes, you might use slang incorrectly.

有些时候你可能错误地使用俚语

You might not realize the full meaning of what it means and so when you say it, it might

你可能会不懂一个俚语的全部意思，所以当你说的时候

sound very silly or maybe you don't know how to pronounce the word, so when you try to

就可能听起来很笨拙。或者你不知道如何发音

say it, you mispronounce it and it can lead to embarrassing situations.

这样你发音错误的话，会引导一个尴尬的局面

I'll give you an example.

就比如说

I had a friend from France who loved the word "awesome", and he always wanted to say this

我有一个喜欢说“awesome”（很棒）这个词的法国朋友，

word "awesome", but his pronunciation made it sound like a bad word!

他一直很喜欢说这个词，但是他的发音使awesome听起来像脏话！

So, whenever he would say "awesome", people around him would say "Did this guy just call

所以每次他说很棒的时候，周围的人都会说：

me an asshole?"

“他刚叫我屁眼（asshole）吗？”

Asshole is a bad word in English, but that's how his pronunciation of "awesome" was, so

asshole是一个英语的脏话，但是他就是这样发音的

it was very embarrassing for him.

所以这对他来说就非常难堪了

Okay.

好

So, that's another reason, if you can't pronounce it, it might be embarrassing.

这就是另外一个原因，如果你不能正确发音一个俚语的话，可能会很难堪

You also might - like, I said, different groups have different slang.

我还说过，不同的群体会用不同的俚语

So, teenagers might use a certain slang versus somebody in a certain profession, you know,

青年人会用某些俚语, 而某个职业的人会用另外的俚语

maybe in the music industry, there might be different slang.

比如音乐产业,他们有不同的俚语

So, you want to show you belong to a certain group and one thing you might do by mistake

所以如果你想表明你属于某个群体, 你可能做错的一件事就是

is use slang from a different group that might be embarrassing to you.

使用可能会让你难堪的、其他群体的俚语

So, for example, "OMG", this is something a teenager might say.

比如，“OMG（我的天！）”是青年人会说的

"OMG!"

“我的天！”

Now, if a 40-year-old man who doesn't know that teenagers say this, you know, he might

如果一位不知道这个知识点的40岁的大叔使用这个俚语的话，

look, you know, a little silly.

你知道的， 会看起来傻憨憨的

It might be embarrassing for him, or maybe somebody, you know, says something that's

对于他或某些人来说，如果说一些应该是小混混说的话

supposed to be, you know, it's from gangster culture, for example, but they didn't mean

就可能有点尴尬，因为他们不是想表达那种意思

to say that.

So, you need to know what group the slang is from so you can choose what kind of slang

所以你需要知道一些俚语是从哪个群体由来的，

you want, that best represents you.

以便于你选择哪种类型的俚语最能代表你

Slang can also - it's not really professional.

俚语呢，不是很专业

So, if you're at work, maybe, you know, you're in a meeting or you're with your boss or employees

所以如果你在工作，开会，或者和员工或老板在一起的时候

and you use slang, you might not know its slang.

不知道一个词是俚语的话，但你用了它

So, you might have learned a new word, you might be really excited to use it, but it

或者你刚学了一个新的词语，你会很开心可以用到它

sounds informal and not professional.

但是它听起来不正式也不专业

So, you have to be conscious, or you need to know when slang is not professional.

所以你得知道什么时候俚语不是专业的

Also, you know, I think people should be able to say whatever words they want at any age,

在我看来人们可以在任何年龄用任何的词语，

but the way society looks at people is sometimes they think certain words might be too young

但是这个社会看人的方式是，

for somebody to say.

有些时候他们会觉得使用一些词对于一些人来说还是太早了点

So, I want you to think about somebody in your family, maybe your grandfather or, you

你可以想象你的某个亲戚,比如你的外公或外婆

know, your grandmother, imagine them using slang.

想象他们说俚语的时候

You might find it embarrassing.

你可能会觉得尴尬

So, sometimes it's important to think about those things before you use slang, because

所以有时候在使用俚语之前考虑一下这些方面是很重要的

maybe you might be too old for certain slang.

因为你可能已经不再是使用某些俚语的年龄了

I think it's fine, but maybe other people might laugh at you if you use it, so you gotta

我觉得没什么问题。 但是如果你是用的话，其他人可能会笑你

be careful.

所以你要注意点

The other thing about slang, another con is some slang is only used in text, or text messaging.

俚语的另外一个缺点就是一些俚语只能被用在文章，或短信里

So, it's not used in conversation.

而不被用在会话里

It's just used when you're writing a message.

只有你写短信的时候会被用到

So, you don't want to get confused and use it in conversation because nobody will know

你肯定也不想感到困惑， 然后把它用在会话里

what you're talking about.

因为没有人会听懂你在说什么

For example, "bc" means "because".

比如, bc 是“因为”的意思

Now, if I say, "I did this bc to...", you know, for whatever reason, people won't understand

如果我说 “我做了这个bc。。。”的话，不管什么原因, 别人都不会知道

that I mean "because".

bc的意思是"因为"

But if I write in a text, people who know that slang will understand, so you have to

但如果我把它写下来, 知道这个俚语的人就会懂了

be careful if slang is for a text versus in conversation.

所以你得注意一个俚语是用在文章里还是会话里

So, these are the reasons why maybe you might want to be careful using slang or maybe you

以上是你使用俚语的时候需要注意的事项,

don't want to use it, but now let's look at why you might want to use slang, because it

或者让你不想用俚语的原因。

现在我们来看看那些会让你想用俚语的理由吧。它们会很有趣的

can be a lot of fun.

Okay, so what are the pros, or the good reasons why you might want to use slang?

ok，所以俚语的好处有哪些呢？或者那些会激励你使用它们的理由

Well, first of all, slang can be very fun!

首先，它们可以很有趣！

So, for example, for some people who really like the 1950s, you know, they like watching

比如，一些特别喜欢1950年代的那些人

movies about the 50s and, you know, they feel a connection, they might want to use the word

他们喜欢看关于50年代的电影，他们感到和那个时候有连接，

"nifty", even though it's old slang, they might want to use it to sound ironic or it

这样他们就会想用“nifty”（俏皮）这个词了，虽然这是个旧俚语。

might be fun for them to use.

这样让一些话听起来讽刺，或者纯属对于他们来说很好玩

So, they might not care that it's outdated, they might just like the word.

所以他们可能不会在乎这些词是否过时，这是他们喜欢的词

Another fun word, I think, is "Gucci".

另外一个好玩的词，我觉得是“gucci“（古驰）

So, this is one I just learned a couple of weeks ago from my younger cousin, Renee, thank

前几个星期我刚从我表妹蕾妮那里学来

you Renee for teaching me "Gucci", but you know, it's sort of fun to say "Gucci".

谢谢你蕾妮教我这个词！因为说它的时候很好玩

It's interesting, you know, to mean "good".

它的意思是”好“，这很有趣

Or the one I really like that Renee taught me was "tea".

另外一个蕾妮教我的，我也很喜欢的词是”tea“（茶）

Whenever I think about "tea", I just think of drinking tea, but it actually means gossip

每次我想起”茶“的时候，我只会想到喝茶，

in today's slang, so it has two meanings, but in slang, "tea" means "gossip", so you

但在现在的俚语中，它的意思是八卦。所以它有双重意思

can tell somebody to "spill the tea" meaning "tell me the gossip".

你可以跟别人说"把茶倒掉"来表达"把八卦告诉我"

So, to me, learning these slang words keeps the language very interesting and fun.

所以呢，对我来说，学俚语让语言变得有趣和好玩

Slang can also teach you about really funny ideas.

俚语也可以教你非常好笑的东西

Maybe ideas you've never thought about because sometimes, English doesn't have a word for

比如，你从未想过的点子。因为有时在英语里没有词可以解释一些东西，

something and then a new word is created to explain this idea.

然后一个新的词语就为其诞生了

So, for example, a couple of months ago, I heard this word for the first time: voluntold.

比如，几个月前我第一次听到”voluntold“（自愿的）这个词

So, what does "voluntold" mean?

所以，voluntold是什么意思呢？

Well, it's slang for a situation where they're looking for somebody to volunteer to do something,

这个俚语描述一个寻找自愿者来做某些事情的场景

meaning the person is doing it because they want to, but you actually have somebody telling

就是一个人因为想做一件事情而做，

但是有人叫你做的意思, 比如一位老板

you to do it, like a boss.

So, it's this weird idea when your boss or your mom or, you know, somebody in a position

当你的老板，或你妈妈，某个有权力的人叫你做一些事

of power tells you to do something but they try to make it seem like they're asking you

他们想看上去是他们在寻求你做某些事情

to do something, like you're volunteering, but you don't actually have a choice.

就像你是自愿的，但事实上你没有任何选择

So, it's a really weird concept but for example, "I was voluntold", so it's a verb, "I was

这真的是个奇怪的概念。”我被要求自愿“

voluntold to plan the party at work."

”我被要求自愿在工作上策划派对“

This means the person didn't want to plan the party, but they were told to do it, but

意思就是这个人不愿意策划派对，但是他被交付做这个事情

it made it look like they volunteered, but they didn't.

看上去他是自愿的, 但其实不是

So, it's a kind of confusing idea, but like I said, you know, slang can be used to create

所以, 挺让人混乱的。 但是，就像我说的，

new words for new ideas.

俚语可以用来为新的概念创造新的词语

Also, sometimes knowing slang is important for avoiding embarrassment, okay?

有时候，知道俚语很重要，因为这样可以避免尴尬

So, using slang might lead to embarrassment, but not knowing slang can also make a really

用俚语可能会使你难堪

embarrassing situation.

但不知道它的意思的话，会真的很尴尬

So, for example, a lot of people are using this expression these days: Netflix and chill.

比如，现在很多人用”Netflix and chill“这个表达方式

I'm not going to tell you what that means but it has a sexual meaning, but if you didn't

我不会告诉你它是什么意思，但是它是关于性的

know anything about slang, you'd look at this and say "Oh, Netflix and chill", not realizing

所以如果你根本不知道这个俚语的话，你把它读出来

that there's a sexual meaning there.

但不会发现它的意思和性有关

So, sometimes it's good to know slang so you don't say something that seems, you know,

所以有时候知道俚语是好的，这样你就不会说

you think it means one thing but it actually has a different meaning.

一些你觉得是一个意思，但事实上是其他意思的东西了

Another reason to learn slang is you can learn about another culture or other group ideas,

另外一个学俚语的理由就是通过它你可以学到关于其他文化或其他群体的思想

okay?

OK?

So, for example, this has become popular to say: woke.

就比如，“woke”（醒来）这个词变得挺流行的

I'm woke.

“我醒来了”

So, what does it mean to be "woke"?

这又是什么意思呢？

Well, it means that you are aware of racism, of sexism, of social problems, you're aware,

它的意思是你有意识到种族歧视，性别歧视这些社会问题

you're woke, and you're probably going to do something about it.

你清醒了，然后你可能会去做点关于这个的事情

So, a lot of younger people today are using this, "I'm woke".

所以，现在很多年轻人都说“我清醒了”

Now, you have another term that other groups, maybe more conservative groups might use called

现在，有另外一个更保守的群体会用的词

"snowflake", and you know, when you think about a snowflake, I always think about this

“snowflake”（雪花），提到雪花的时候我会想象很开心的时候

really happy, you know, piece of something coming down from the sky.

你知道的，会从天上降落的东西

But in slang, "snowflake" is an insult.

但是在俚语里，“雪花”是一种侮辱

If you call somebody a snowflake, it means you think that they're weak and fragile and

如果你叫别人雪花的话，那就表示你觉得他们很脆弱、不堪一击、

they get offended or upset by everything everyone says.

所有别人说的话都会冒犯他们或使他们变得沮丧

So, right now in culture, you have some people who talk about being woke and then you have

那些说“已经清醒”的人会被

other people who call those "woke" people "snowflakes", so you can kind of see these

其他人叫做“雪花”

two different groups and you can see the slang and how they think of each other based on

你可以看到俩个不同的群体是如何根据俚语看待彼此的

slang.

So, you can learn a lot about a culture based on the slang.

所以你可以通过俚语学会很多关于文化的东西

Sometimes, slang becomes very common.

有些时候，俚语会变得普遍

So, for example, "selfie" started out as slang and now everybody uses the term "selfie".

比如“selfie”（自拍）原本是一个俚语，但现在每个人都会用它

Same with the word "fam", which is short for "family".

“fam”（家人的缩写）这个词也是一样的

You know, a lot of the times now when people are talking about "Oh, what are you doing

很多时候会有人问

this weekend?"

“嘿，你周末会做什么？”

"Oh, I'm visiting the fam."

“哦，我要拜访我的fam”

They mean the family.

那个词是家人的意思

So, a lot of times, these words become very common.

所以，很多时候，这些词会变得很普遍

You can also show that you identify personally with another place or a culture.

你也可以自己对其他地方或文化表明你的身份

So, for example, sometimes different cities or different countries have their own slang

不同的城市和不同的国家有他们自己的俚语

to talk about that place.

来讲那个地方

For Toronto, some people like to call Toronto "the six", so for example, there's a musician

就像多伦多，一些人喜欢叫它“the six”（六）

Drake from Toronto, and he calls Toronto "the six" and a lot of younger people like this

比如，有个来自多伦多的一名音乐家德雷克就称多伦多为“六”

word.

然后很多年轻人都喜欢这个词

Other people hate this word and they think it's terrible.

那其他人就不喜欢这个词，他们觉得它太糟了

So, why do some people call Toronto "the six"?

那为什么有些人会把多伦多叫成“六”呢？

Well, if you use the telephone, you would call "416" to connect to a Toronto number,

因为你打多伦多的电话的时候，你会打416来连上那里的号码

so "the six" comes from the last number of the area code, okay?

所以“六”就是从这个区域号码的最后一个数字来的，OK？

So, some people will think this is stupid, a stupid nickname, but some people really

有些人会觉得这个很愚蠢，是一个愚蠢的外号

like it, so you can kind of show your identity using these words.

但有些人就很喜欢，所以你就可以用这些词来表明你的身份

Finally, it might be an idea, maybe you don't want to use slang, but you might want to know

最后，可能你不会想用俚语，但是想知道它们

slang, meaning you might not say it in conversation, but maybe you want to know what these words

我的意思是，你可能不会把他们用出来，但是会想知道它们的意思

means so that you can listen to music better, you can understand movies better, and you

这样你就可以更懂一首歌，更懂一部电影

can understand what's happening on social media better.

更能明白在社交软体上在发生什么

And that's okay too, you don't have to use slang, but you can still learn it.

如果你不想用俚语也无关紧要，你也依然可以学它们

So, for example, a lot of musicians will use the word - this is a new one for me - "bae",

比如，很多音乐家会用“bae”这个词，这对我来说是个新词

to talk about their boyfriend or their - the person they have a crush on.

用“bae”来代替男朋友这个词，或是他们喜欢的对象

So, whenever you're reading celebrity gossip, you might see this word, "Oh, my bae, blah

所以，你读明星八卦的时候，你可能会看见这个词，

blah blah is great, this is my bae" and so, by knowing slang, I wouldn't use this, but

“哦，我的bae很棒，这是我的bae”。所以知道这个词，我不一定用它

by knowing it, I can understand what other people are talking about better.

但是知道它的话，我就能更明白其他人说的话了

So, main points here are if you decide to use slang, be careful because of what I said

所以，这里的要点就是如果你决定用俚语，就需要注意一点

in the cons, but also realize using slang can be fun.

因为我说过的所有缺点，但使用它们也会很有趣

So, it's up to you to make the decision as to do you want to use slang, and if yes, what

所以决定在你身上。你想用俚语吗？

kind of slang do you want to use?

如果想的话，你会用哪种俚语呢？

There's a whole bunch to learn, there's a whole bunch of different vocabulary, so it's

还有一大堆东西可以学习，有一大堆不同的词汇

really exciting to use those different words.

所以使用那些不同的词会很让人高兴

So, I want to thank you for watching.

非常感谢你的收看

I'd like to also invite you to check out my website at www.engvid.com . There, you can

我想邀请你看看我的网页www.engvid.com

actually find a quiz about this topic and you can actually practice what you've learned

在那里，你可以找到关于这个主题的测试

here.

也可以练习你现在学到的东西

I also want to invite you to subscribe to my channel.

我也想邀请你订阅我的频道

There, you can find a lot of resources on all sorts of different things including slang,

在这里你可以找到很多各种各样的不同东西的材料，包括俚语、

expressions, idioms, vocabulary, all sorts of things under the sun, so please check that

表达方式、习语、阳光下各种各样的东西，

out.

所以请检查一下

Thank you for watching and until next time, take care.

感谢你的收看，下次再见！请保重哦！